The New Land

I remember the excitement of buying a piece of my neighbour's garden (A Bit On the Side) but this is much bigger. Well done

This is inspirational, Dawn. I just love it. Will our Swedish plot ever get to this stage? :0)

Yes Linda, lots of hard work and it will. I didn’t start planting until 2011 and it’s looks decent for about 3 years. Have you seen my blog last week on The History of our Pond, that will be appropriate to you. ;-)

its lovely to see how the garden has developed over the years. lots of hard work there Dawn.

A real labour of love - and it shows!

Hi Seaburn, I hope you're feeling ok now :-). Yes lots of work, which went on for a long time.
Deffo a labour of love Wildflower.

What a huge piece of ground, I'm so envious. You have done such great work, looking spectacular. Well done, you both.

You must be so proud Dawn, such an achievement for you both, it's just beautiful now. Xx

Thanks Siris, Janey
Lots of work but it’s been good, eventually when the trees mature it will be mainly just trees and spring bulbs, as of course it will change by then :)

It's beautiful now Dawn after all the work ! You were lucky to have the chance to buy the land :)

Thanks Hywel, yes we were very lucky to get it :-)

Its wonderful. I can't imagine how you've achieved all that - and had the vision to plant it all, which is the most amazing thing to someone who can't visualise anything she can't see...
We are negotiating buying a smallish lot next to us at the moment but it will be mostly grass, trees and bulbs (If our offer is accepted...) Too old now for lots of digging and maintenance.

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That's exciting for you Stera, I hope you get it, we had to negotiate with the seller, I guess we overpaid but I had to have it. This part will be just trees and shrubs eventually, it looked so bare so I've filled with perennials while they mature. I bought a book for ideas.

It reminds me very much of the extra land we bought in a previous garden Dawn ours was part of a field to ,I remember the excitement in the planning somehow you didn't see the hard work involved it really is a labour of love , you've done a marvelous job ,I can see it open to the public one day ..x

Thanks Amy, it's great though isn't it, having a blank canvas, your new garden is going to be lovely x

I just love the huge beds and flowing pathways. Full of beautiful plants. I recognise the amount of work though! Well done.

Hello Trudy, nice to see you on here, the blogs members post are brilliant and they can be saved in your favourites.
Thank you, glad you like it, have you decided what you are planting around your pond yet or are you keeping it as grass.
I'm a right glutton for punishment lol but love working in my garden.

Wow it's enormous! Dawn and like Siris I would love to own a patch of land this big........you have made an amazing garden in a very short space of time, your Father would be so proud of you, I know mine would be, wish we lived nearer, would love to see it for real, I have show Peter all your blog's he finds them as fascinating as I do.....well done both of you.

Kind of you Dotty, I’m pleased Peter has enjoyed seeing my blogs. I still envy your perfect garden, mine is far from neat and some areas are a bit messy. I would love you to see it for real :-)